Mental Health
What it is
- Your emotional wellbeing, resilience, and psychological health. Mental health covers how you manage stress, regulate emotions, access support, and maintain psychological functioning across life’s challenges.
Why it matters
- Mental health influences virtually every area of life – decision-making, relationships, physical health, and work performance. People who exercise report 43% fewer days of poor mental health per month, and depression increases cardiovascular disease risk by 20 – 40%. The WHO estimates that 12 billion working days are lost annually to depression and anxiety alone.
Related life areas
- Mindfulness – your capacity for present-moment awareness and non-judgemental attention
- Self-Awareness – your understanding of your own thoughts, emotions, and behavioural patterns
- Fitness – your physical exercise habits, training approach, and overall activity level
- Behaviours – your daily habits, routines, and behavioural patterns
What people value about mental health
People pursue mental health for different reasons. This site scores every mental health intervention across three core values, and ranks them by how well they deliver on the things you actually care about.
Stability
Emotional steadiness day to day and freedom from distressing symptoms. A reliable baseline mood that holds up under ordinary pressures.
Resilience
Capacity to handle stress and recover from setbacks. Bouncing back from adversity and maintaining functioning when life gets hard.
Flourishing
Depth and frequency of joy, meaning, and life satisfaction. The active presence of positive experience, not just the absence of distress.